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title: did u hear, Tom's mate jumped off the garage roof for a dare n broke… — Mistakes, asking for help and saying no · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear, Tom's mate jumped off the garage roof for a dare n broke both legs, they say he'll never walk right again. what's the real lesson Test 17 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 17 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no

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did u hear, Tom's mate jumped off the garage roof for a dare n broke both legs, they say he'll never walk right again. what's the real lesson

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u, mate, dare n, legs, n · **What happens:** hear, jump off, break, say, not walk, be · **To what, where:** garage roof, legs, real lesson · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t17:1
# text = did u hear, Tom's mate jumped off the garage roof for a dare n broke both legs, they say he'll never walk right again. what's the real lesson
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	garage	garage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	dare	dare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	n	n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
18	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	26	advmod	_	_
26	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	ccomp	_	_
27	right	right	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	again	again	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
30	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	34	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	cop	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **jump off** | past | Tom's mate | the garage roof |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme roof=Trajectory |
| 3 | **break** | past | a dare n | both legs |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | legs *= leg* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **not** **walk** | future | n |  |  |  | again |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **is a** | present |  | the real lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only jump if your friends are watching to help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t17:o1:1
# text = Only jump if your friends are watching to help
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	jump	jump	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · progressive | your friends |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **help** | to-infinitive | your friends *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Jumping is safe as long as you land on grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t17:o2:1
# text = Jumping is safe as long as you land on grass
1	Jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	land	land	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | long, safe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **land** | present | you |  |  | grass |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on grass=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dares like that are fine if you are older and stronger than the others in the group

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t17:o3:1
# text = Dares like that are fine if you are older and stronger than the others in the group
1	Dares	dare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	parataxis	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	conj	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Dares like that |  |  |  |  | than the others in the group; fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Say no to dangerous dares, because safety matters more than looking brave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t17:o4:1
# text = Say no to dangerous dares, because safety matters more than looking brave
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dares	dare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	csubj	_	_
10	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
11	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	ccomp	_	_
13	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | no |  |  |  | to dangerous dares | tree rules |
| 2 | **matter** | present | safety |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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